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him, and found him a most intelligent and 

 easily managed animal. The following Sep- 

 tember Doig met with an accident in which he 

 sprained his leg when working with the feed 

 wagon and had to stay at home ten days for 

 a complete rest. Accordingly, Eeno was put 

 in charge of another keeper; and now comes 

 the curious part of it. In some way or another 

 Reno seemed to know that, in this case, the 

 man was a little afraid of him; finding that 

 he could master a man, he instantly lost all 

 vestige of his old gentleness and amiability 

 and became a very demon for temper and 

 viciousness. 



At the end of September Keeper Doig re- 

 turned, and Dr. Crandall, who was just start- 

 ing for his vacation, explained carefully to" 

 him the change in the animal's disposition, 

 warning him that now the animal was not 

 at all safe and must be watched most care- 

 fully. He also related to him instances Where 

 pet stags had frequently, without the slight- 

 est cause, killed the very keepers they had 

 formerly seemed so fond of. 



